Sister Nicole Scharman: WELL I AM HERE AND I LOVE IT!!!!!

My companion and I after a long day in the rain. (she wants me to say she is cuter in person lol)

WELL I AM HERE AND I LOVE IT!!!!!

I am having sooo… much fun!! My companion is awesome! Her name is Sister Knapp. Ah, I wish you could see it. It is so beautiful here. And the people are so nice. I have the best investigators. It’s amazing. I wish I could describe it to you. I want to cry just thinking about how blessed we all are to have this gospel. Actually I am tearing up right this second typing this. I love this gospel and I love my Savior. I am so grateful for his wonderful atoning sacrifice, I am grateful that I can be out here! I love sharing the gospel. I AM FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE. I have had so many cool experiences, and miracles. Heavenly Father really does prepare his children.

Modeling their rain gear! Don't they just "Glow!"

Last night, it was pouring rain super, super hard. It was about 8:30 and almost time to go home. We were on our last street for the night and this old man let us into the stairway that goes to lots of apartments, but he didn't want to talk to us. So we took advantage of being in there and knocked on this one door. This lady came out and told us how her friend was Catholic but their church worshiped too loudly and not respectfully, so I taught her how we pray respectfully and gave her an example. She really liked it and wants to learn more. So we are meeting with her on Wednesday! She prayed for us at the end!

They always tell me I am very pretty and I get lots of pictures taken of me and with me, but its only because I am white, lol but it makes me feel good. We have prayed with lots of strangers on the streets and I love it, and they love it when I speak Chinese. It seriously is the best!!! We are covering two wards an English one (holla) and a Chinese one obviously, so we are super busy. I gave a talk on Sunday in the English ward, and I stood up in the Chinese ward and introduced myself and shared my testimony. Agh I love it!! My Mission President is in my English ward :) Super fun!

We have lots of investigators, and most of them are preparing for baptism! It’s amazing! Heavenly Father really does prepare his children. I love sharing the gospel. I love going out and finding, talking to people on the street is so fun! We teach lots of people how to pray, and pray for them just on the side of the road. It is very special and touches my heart. It has rained everyday since I've been here, and I love it. There are lots of foreigners that visit here, and they speak English so its fun to talk to them. We met two sketchy guys that kept asking where we lived and asked us if we were married. We said no because we are missionaries. They then told us that they could fix that. If we didn't have one of our investigators with us that night I don't know what would have happened. I was extremely uncomfortable. But its okay we are safe!! I wish I could tell you every experience that I have had. They have all been so wonderful!

I AM SO HAPPY, EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL!

After we got off the plane our Mission President (who is awesome and has the best family) took us to get our first meal. We ate street food and it was super good!! I really like the breakfast foods, I had a sandwich that was filled with fruit, it was amazing. Fruit is amazing here. It had dragon fruit in it and it was the best. I have only had one instance with weird stuff and it was a drink that an investigator gave us. lol. The streets here are insane. I might die lolol. The only bad thing about this place is that here are mosquitoes in my apartment

The first night I was here I decided that I wasn't going to let the fear of messing up the language keep me from sharing the gospel. So far so good (: I love sharing the gospel! And they love it when I speak Chinese lol, AND I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY.

Love,

Sister Scharman